If the meaning of homeostasis is understood then the meaning of Quality will follow.

First Principle: The purpose of cybernetics is to achieve a stable, sustainable, state through the coordinated response of its systems, processes and activities to feedback mechanisms to maintain dynamic self-regulating equilibrium.

Second Principle: Cybernetics studies the flow of information round a system, and the way in which this information is used by the system as a means of controlling itself.1

Third Principle: Cybernetics incorporates the following three key ideas: systemic dynamicity; homeostasis around a value; and recursive feedback. 2

Fourth Principle: Cybernetic systems must have the capacity to sense, monitor, and scan significant aspects of their environment and be able to relate this information to the operating norms that guide system behavior. 3

Fifth Principle: Cybernetic systems must be able to detect significant deviations from operating norms. 3

Sixth Principle: Cybernetic systems must be able to initiate corrective action when discrepancies are detected. 3